8 July 2017

"Paramount will make this movie," said one observer. "But only when the movie makers get their act together."- Los Angeles Times, May 9, 1985

Following
the very public collapse of the initial production of The Two
Jakes in May of 1985, the
sets were dismantled, a number of claims were filed by crew members
regarding unpaid work, and the production faced lawsuits from Laird
International Studios, Kodak and others. Paramount announced that the
production had been postponed indefinitely, although Frank Mancuso,
the executive producer, did state that he hadn't given up hope of
resurrecting it.